Scientists are investigating the cause of recent regional earthquake activity that affected Kentucky over the weekend. A small 2.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Nicholasville in the early ...

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has shut down a fracking well in Noble County due to recent earthquake activity, and ...

The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the quake at 5:35 am local time near Valmy, a small town situated in a seismically ...

Though perhaps not well known to the general public, Axial Seamount is considered a key window into Earth's geology. Axial is significant because it sits atop the Juan de Fuca Ridge, the region where ...

Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds.

Though it’s not known for major quakes, seismic activity is common in the region. The East Tennessee Seismic Zone is one of the most active earthquake areas in the southeast US and stretches ...

A massive underwater volcano, Axial Seamount, 300 miles off Oregon’s coast, may erupt soon after over 1,000 daily quakes and ...

They tend to inflate like a balloon in between eruptions. At Axial, the sea floor is actually rising, and that’s a big signal.” ...

On Saturday morning, across North Georgia and metro Atlanta, the environment took an unexpected turn for many residents as an ...

Earthquakes are often perceived as a Western US phenomenon, but history tells a different story. Some of the largest earthquakes in US history have occurred in the East, challenging the notion that ...

An underwater volcano near the US coast, named Axial Seamount is showing signs of activity that suggest it might erupt ...